badly pulled groin, what do?

[Hugh R]

Originally Posted by cstreit

Jesus Christ Hugh! You're gonna turn me into a hypochondriac.

I am mostly bald, so I wear ball caps, I have one that says "Safety" and once in a while I wear one that says "Coroner" people ask me about it and I say, "I wear many hats, you are the one that gets to pick which one I wear".

[cstreit]

I know buddy, I appreciate the warning.

[lane912]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

I am mostly bald, so I wear ball caps, I have one that says "Safety" and once in a while I wear one that says "Coroner" people ask me about it and I say, "I wear many hats, you are the one that gets to pick which one I wear".

fixed it for you sir-

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

A stunt guy was doing similar and went to ER, they did an MRI and he'd torn his femoral artery. They said he'd probably would have bled out overnight if they had not done the MRI

Was that the stunt rehearsal for the stunt in the Pirates Movie#3 that you posted, where they ended up having to zip tie the guys ankles together?

[Hugh R]

Si

If you remember the movie (Pirates 2) Johnny Depp was on a spit to be rotisseried by the cannibals, he (stuntman) gets away tied to the spit, and jumps a small canyon and loosens himself up and unravels. The centrifugal forces spread his legs apart violently and ripped his femoral artery.

[slodave]

No help, just a story.

I was visiting a friend up in the Oakland hills many moons ago and there was some drinking going on. On a dare, we decided to do a flip on the living room floor, which was not at ground level. My friend flips onto a beanbag chair thing and then it's my turn. I say watch this and flip and land on the floor. I landed in a sitting position, legs straight out. It hurt, but being drunk, didn't notice at the time.

I crashed on the couch that night and apparently got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I woke up on the floor, near the bathroom, seems like I was headed back to the couch. By this time, I wasn't so drunk, but hungover and forgot what had happened. I got up and tried to walk and couldn't. I sprained/tore/whatever, both groin muscles. I used the railing at the top of the stairs to help my way back, but had a nice distance to get to the couch without anything to hold on to. That was extremely painful! I think the next day, I decided to brave it and climbed on the back of my friends dirt bike and we went to go ride on a dirt track. he goes around, hands the bike to me, I painfully climb on and tried to get it in gear and go. I went about 200' and fell over. That was it. I could not get back up.

Turns out that even though the living room was not at ground level, it still had a layer of concrete, which prevented the floor from giving, much like it does in a boxing or wrestling ring.

I feel for ya! I really do.